Co-codamol

Violetluis said:

I get prescribed Co codamols by my GP even though I am a diabetic on insulin

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graj0 said:

The problem was that the stronger cocodomol (30/500) has never been on repeat which is fair enough, no problems there, it just means that I have to see the GP first and you can guess when I will get the chance to see her . . . . . . next week sometime. That is why I just wanted some over the counter stuff (8/500 or 12/500). I think my real whinge is that I felt like I was being treated like an idiot, I'm not taking them for fun and I do need something otherwise the physio doesn't get done with the same intensity, basically because it hurts and the body will only allow so much before your head tells it "OK, I'll give it a rest now".
The other thing is that I've now forked out for paracetamol which is as much use as a chocolate teapot, really not fit for purpose when it comes to the fairly intense back pains.
I'm more than happy with my new knee, but it's really quite weird how you end up using slightly different muscles because you're not protecting the knee joint anymore. Even the sciatica which I get on the other side is a lot calmer and hasn't really flared up since the operation whereas I was having to see the chiropractor every week, or take cocodomol, depending on money.
Onwards and upwards, I will be seeing the GP and having a frank discussion about pain management while I'm trying to do the physio and basically get around on a day to day basis. I'm trying to be as independent as possible and not become a permanent patient, I'd be out of luck anyway, my wife does not do, and I have never expected, being waited on. I still do the shopping and the cooking etc.

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